Ex-SEALs in Congress get behind a bill to fund psychedelic research

The Douglas "Mike" Day Psychedelic Therapy to Save Lives Act would allocate $75 million to help struggling servicemembers

Navy SEAL Mike Day and was shot 27 times during a raid to take out a high-level al Qaida cell in Fallujah, Iraq and miraculously survived. Day became a legend in the SEAL community because he kept going and killed four enemy. But he lost the battle to a different kind of enemy and killed himself earlier this year.

Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican and former Navy SEAL, unveiled a bill named in Day’s honor, The Douglas “Mike” Day Psychedelic Therapy to Save Lives Act of 2023.